Rest For The Weary

No matter if you have an optimistic outlook or a bright, cheerful personality; life has moments of weariness.

Even Jesus felt weary as it says in John 4:6, "Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour." (ESV). Out of His fatigue, He still ministered to a broken woman who eventually brought the whole town to Him.

Weariness may come from hard work or some pressing circumstance. Depression and sadness can cause weariness. But there's another type weariness. The weariness from unbelief. Faith (confidence of trust) in God will always lead to a place of peace and rest.

Unbelief creates turmoil and trouble. When we don't trust God, we tend to take matters into our own hands.

How many professing believers can trust God for someone else to be healed or saved? They can pray big, bold and colorful prayers but when it comes to their own everyday life, the simply don't believe God cares.

This echoes the words of Malachi 2:17, “You have wearied the LORD with your words. "How have we wearied him?" you ask. By saying, "All who do evil are good in the eyes of the LORD, and he is pleased with them" or "Where is the God of justice?" (NIV).

Unbelief is rooted in questioning God's goodness. This goes back to the garden when the devil questioned Adam and Eve about what God said in not eating of the tree of good and evil. God's "no" answers is always the best answer because of His goodness He is looking out for our own good.

So friends when you are weary ask God for a fresh infilling of His strength. Take time to rest in His presence by reading and mediating on the word of God. Satan will attempt to cause the saints to grow weary (Daniel 7:25) by crafting lies about God's right order and law. Chaos and confusion is Satan's nature. If he can cause us to be wearied by disorder, then our spiritual immune system fails and so does the faith in a sovereign God who is always in control.

Here's a promise to cling in times of weariness. Trust God's word to be faithful and true.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28, ESV).